Mid Backend Engineer

Location

London

Salary

Negotiable

Contract

Contract

Mid Backend Engineer

6-Month Contract - Inside IR35 - up to £580 per day

London based - hybrid working - 2-3 days a week onsite

Current and active UK Security Clearance (SC) is essential for this position.

We are seeking a Mid Backend Engineer to join a delivery pod, contributing to the design, development and maintenance of scalable, resilient backend systems.

The role will specialise in event-driven architecture and CQRS-based systems, working within a collaborative engineering environment to deliver robust, distributed solutions. The successful candidate will have strong backend development experience, a solid understanding of architectural patterns and practical experience building event-driven applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services and applications within a pod-based delivery model.
• Implement and support systems built around Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS).
• Develop and maintain event-driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Contribute to the implementation of Event Sourcing patterns.
• Design, develop and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Build and maintain integrations using Azure Service Bus and messaging technologies.
• Ensure backend solutions are scalable, resilient, secure and maintainable.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and other stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions and continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve issues across distributed backend services.

Essential Skills & Experience

The successful candidate must demonstrate experience in the following areas:

• CQRS: Strong practical experience implementing and working with Command Query Responsibility Segregation.
• Event Sourcing: Understanding and practical experience of event-sourced architectures.
• Backend Development: Commercial experience with at least one of the following: .NET, Java or Python.
• Azure Service Bus: Experience implementing messaging and asynchronous communication between services.
• API Development: Experience designing, developing and integrating backend APIs.
• Distributed Systems: Understanding of distributed architectures, messaging patterns and service-to-service communication.
• Experience working within an Agile engineering team or pod-based delivery environment.

Disclaimer

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.

Apply Job reference 4287_1793726258 Date posted 03 November 2026 Sector Information Technology

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